The Most Annoying Board Book Ever

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

Haha! This hits close to home. We used to have a wand from Disney World that when jostled would play a high-pitched, tinny version of “It’s a Small World” . . . in its entirety. Bump it afterwards, and it’d start all over again. I think I’d encourage my kid to read this board book in the bathtub.

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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com. He's also on...